Fellow
XML developers: We
are pleased to announce the final release of the new XML Spy 4.0 Suite! It
is currently available for free evaluation download or purchase at www.xmlspy.com The
XML Spy 4.0 Suite is now a complete family of products for Advanced XML
Application Development. The Suite consists of two completely new products; the
XML Spy 4.0 XSLT Designer and the XML Spy 4.0 Document Editor (sold together as
the XML Spy 4.0 Document Framework) as well as a completely updated XML Spy 4.0
Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The
XML Spy 4.0 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) builds on the success of
previous versions by adding new functionality, specifically: + Complete support for the W3C's final
XML Schema Recommendation, including
graphical Schema design, schema-based validation, and schema conversion
tools. + Complete ODBC and database schema
to XML schema conversions, and advanced import & export features
for legacy data. + Extendable 3rd Party Plug-in architecture
for solution providers to build custom
applications. + Customizable user-interface and new
Windows XP look-and-feel. The
XML Spy 4.0 XSLT Designer is an innovative new approach to automate writing of
complex XSLT Stylesheets using an intuitive,
drag-and-drop user interface. It also enables the customization of the XML Spy
4.0 Document Editor by defining an XSLT Stylesheet
and additional editing-specific options based upon the underlying DTD or XML
Schema for use during the content creation or editing process. The
XML Spy 4.0 Document Editor is the easiest word-processor style free-flow
WYSISYG text editor for XML documents, empowering non-technical people to
create and edit XML documents. It supports form-based data input, graphical
elements, presentation and editing of arbitrary repeating XML elements as
tables, real-time validation, and consistency checking using XML Schema. The
Document Editor is available in three variations: + as a stand-alone
application, to be deployed on the PC of any non-technical
user + integrated as a separate view within the
XML Spy IDE user- interface (if you
purchase the XML Spy Suite product) + as a Browser
Plug-In for Internet Explorer, which dramatically eases deployment
in the enterprise The
XML Spy 4.0 Document Framework consists of the XML Spy 4.0 XSLT Designer and
the XML Spy 4.0 Document Editor, which together form an XSLT & XML Schema
based, enterprise-wide content management solution for creating and deploying
large volumes of XML content in real-world production environments such as
web-publishing, knowledge management or e-commerce. A live demonstration of the XML Spy 4.0
Document Framework in action is hosted at www.nanonull.com
(requires Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6.0).
The demo consists of several rich electronic forms based on advanced
schema and XSLT, which were written using the XSLT designer, and are displayed
and edited on your browser using the automatically installed Document Editor
browser plug-in. The
XML Spy 4.0 Suite The
XML Spy 4.0 IDE and XML Spy 4.0 Document Framework together comprise the XML
Spy 4.0 Suite, the most comprehensive tool Suite for Advanced XML Application
Development (www.axad.org)! XML
Spy 4.0 Authorized Training Altova
is proud to announce the first authorized course for learning XML and XML Spy
4.0: www.XMLSpyBootCamp.com! Developed
by the Richard Hale Shaw Group (www.RichardHaleShawGroup.com
-- creators of the XMLBootCamp, UMLBootCamp
and other BootCamp-style, training courses for
software developers on COM, ASP, UML and .NET), XMLSpyBootCamp
is a 4-day, hands-on intense immersion in learning XML using XML Spy 4.0.
Starting with XML fundamentals and mark-up, and moving quickly to
style-sheets (XSL and XSLT using the XSLT Designer in XML Spy) and validation (DTD's and Schemas, plus the XML Spy Schema Editor and
IE plug-in), the course covers both the DOM and the
SAX parser, as well as server-side XML and SOAP. Taught in a rigorous, hands-on
fashion by professionals such as Josh Holmes (who wrote the XML Spy BootCamp course and who teaches the www.XMLBootCamp.com), you'll complete this class
knowing exactly how to utilize the latest features of XML Spy 4.0 for
building a variety of applications using XML. This course will be taught
publicly, starting in late October, 2001, and is available as on-site training
as well. For details see www.XMLSPYBOOTCAMP.com. Please
note, that due to the huge interest in our product we are providing this
download hosted on multiple sites with automatic load-balancing. If you are
still experiencing any download difficulties, please retry the download at a
later point in time, as we typically anticipate a large number of simultaneous
requests during the first 8-12 hours of the availability of the new release. For
a more detailed 4.0 pricing information and other available product versions
and upgrade options, please visit our online pricelist for XML Spy 4.0 at www.xmlspy.com/order Sincerely, Altova The
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